Plus/minus - Cal vs. Southern Miss

Ted Lee

11/15/2007

Having by far the biggest impact on the game of any player offensively or defensively, DeVon Hardin led Cal with 18 points and 14 rebounds in the Bears 67-59 over Southern Mississippi at Haas Pavilion on Wednesday. He also led the plus/minus with a +22, meaning the Bears were outscored by 14 points during the 12 minutes that he didn't play.

Defensively, the Bears allowed 1.07 points/minute (43 points/40 minutes)
with Hardin in the game, but 2.41 points/minute (96 pts/40 minutes) when he's off the
court.

Contribution Evaluation

Player

Minutes

Expected

Actual

Difference

Hardin

28

+5.60

+22

+16.40

Vierneisel

26

+5.20

+13

+7.80

Anderson

20

+4.00

+9

+5.00

Miller

7

+1.40

+5

+3.60

Knezevic

33

+4.00

+4

0.00

Christopher

37

+7.40

+7

-0.40

Robinson

10

+2.00

0

-2.00

Liss

8

+1.60

-3

-4.60

Kamp

19

+3.80

-7

-10.80

Wilkes

12

+2.40

-10

-12.40

Description: This stat measures the significance of a player's
contribution to the team's effort. If a team wins by 10 points, and a player plays in half
of the team's minutes, his expected contribution would be a +5. For example, when Cal
defeated Grambling by 19 points. Brian Wethers played 28 minutes or 70% of the game. If we
multiply 70% x +19, Wethers' expected contribution would be a +13.30. But for the game he
was a +26, so his net for the game for a +12.70. In a perfect team situation, if everyone
contributed equally, the difference column would consist of a row of zeros.